Todays shop time.

KubotainNH · Jul 9, 2018

Cool bird bigtiller. I enjoy making things out of metal. I finished up a pair of gates Saturday, they are made of old futon metal. We have what we call a dog chute off our deck that allows the pooches into the back yard to play. Issue is it blocks the way to get around the house on that side. These gates attach to the fence posts with simple pinned hinges. So far I'm very happy with them.

bigtiller · Jul 9, 2018

Your in a different league than me, looks good!

Big Barn · Jul 9, 2018

KubotainNH said:
Cool bird bigtiller. I enjoy making things out of metal. I finished up a pair of gates Saturday, they are made of old futon metal. We have what we call a dog chute off our deck that allows the pooches into the back yard to play. Issue is it blocks the way to get around the house on that side. These gates attach to the fence posts with simple pinned hinges. So far I'm very happy with them.

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Nice job on the gates. I like the curved top!

KubotainNH · Jul 10, 2018

bigtiller said:
Your in a different league than me, looks good!

Big Barn said:
Nice job on the gates. I like the curved top!

Thank you. I thought the curved top would look neat and it gave me a little extra height to discourage my German Shepherd from jumping it. The lower vertical pieces I had on hand were only a bit longer than they are on the gate. BTW, I love that Everlast welder you can see in the picture.

Big Barn · Jul 10, 2018

How did you bend the rectangular tubing for the top?

KubotainNH · Jul 10, 2018

Big Barn said:
How did you bend the rectangular tubing for the top?

I didn't, it was built that way on the futon I just took advantage of it.

Big Barn · Jul 10, 2018

KubotainNH said:
I didn't, it was built that way on the futon I just took advantage of it.

Aha. Great repurpose!

KubotainNH · Jul 18, 2018

Here's a picture of my pooch looking out one of the gates. A bit of a glare and they are only held closed with bungies until I get the real latches on. Now on to someone else's shop time post.

Big Barn · Jul 18, 2018

I’ve been working on refurbishing this old Ellis and saw off and on for the last month. Pretty much done. Built new in and outfeed roller tables, ditched the wheel kit and raised the table height to 32” so I wouldn’t have to bend over so far. (Getting old SUCKS)